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Early the next day, Clay and Alec met Joshua in the hanger. Walking the length of it for the first time, Clay stopped and stared. “Wow, I’ve seen the numbers on spreadsheets, but when you actually see the vehicles in person… impressive. It’s hard to believe you were able to convert so many in such a short time.” Clay said of the row after row of converted craft.
“You know we started preparing soon after our first encounter at your Gravity Expo.” Joshua answered. “It all would have been for naught if it hadn’t been for you two.”
As they reached the back of the hanger, they found rows of parked cars and trucks. Thirty team members were being assigned their vehicles. Clay’s partner Wilfred, looking not much older than a kid was checking off his clipboard as the teams loaded up their cars and trucks.
“See you in a couple of days.” Alec said to Clay as Wilfred grabbed Clays pack and carried it to their brown and tan SUV.
“Be careful, I don't feel good about any of this. If I’m right, and it's you the Kan-ji want… well… when… or if they start giving you trouble, just run. I'll get your back.” Clay had tried dissuading Alec from going on this trip more than once over the past 24 hours. But Alec felt that if these were the Kan-ji that were holding their kids, maybe he could get some information on them. Or maybe even try to negotiate to get them back, even if that meant trading himself.
Clay was the last one to enter his vehicle, and a moment later Alec watched the eerie sight of 15 cars and trucks silently drift through an opening in the roof to disappear as they cleared the base. Alec smiled in approval of his technical team as they had improved the cloaking so it could now be used in direct daylight without that wavy, flickering smudge effect of his original cloaking.
“Now it’s our turn.” Joshua said to Alec.
Chapter 24 ~ The Reporter
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